a crime to despair
learn to draw from misfortune
means of future strength
“It is a crime to despair. We must learn to draw from misfortune the means of future strength. There must not be lacking in our leadership something of the spirit of that Austrian corporal who when all had fallen into ruins about him, and when Germany seemed to have sunk for ever into chaos, did not hesitate to march forth against the vast array of victorious nations, and has already turned the tables so decisively upon them.
It is the hour, not for despair, but for courage and re-building; and that is the spirit which should rule us in this hour.”
Excerpt From
Winston S. Churchill: The Prophet of Truth, 1922–1939 (Volume V) (Churchill Biography Book 5)
Martin Gilbert
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